Military History

George Washington’s daring raid on Christmas night, 1776, against the Hessian outpost in the Battle of Trenton changed the course of the American Revolutionary War.

Here is everything you need to know about the Battle of Saratoga, a crucial turning point of the American Revolutionary War.

In 958, the Byzantine Empire crushed the Hamdanid forces at Raban, ending Sayf al-Dawla’s reign and his long-standing threat.

The Domesday Book ranks among the most important historical texts in English history. But what was it, and how did it come into being?

In the early years of World War II, Germany swept through Europe in a series of surprising attacks known as Blitzkrieg (lightning war).

The First Liberian Civil War inflicted unthinkable suffering on the Liberian people.

In Summer 1862, the Union decided to try and end the Civil War in the quickest way possible: barging straight into the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

A new technology was introduced during the Civil War: the ironclad vessel. Covered with iron plates, they were impermeable to traditional cannonballs. What would happen if they fought?